Electoral Reform

Sharon Hodgson: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs what assessment she has made of levels of electoral registration in Gateshead, East and Washington, West.

Harriet Harman: Between 2001–03 there was a sustained decline in the number of voters registered. In the hon. Member's constituency the figures were as follows for the period 1 December 2001 to 1 December 2005:
	
		
			 As at December each year Number 
		
		
			 2001 64,074 
			 2002 63,239 
			 2003 62,134 
			 2004 61,705 
			 2005 61,531 
		
	
	This contrasts with the national figures for the 2005 canvass of electors which were published by the Office for National Statistics on 23 February and reveal that for the second successive year there has been an increase in the number of electors registered in the UK as a whole and England in particular.

Casinos

Jim Cousins: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport pursuant to the answers to the hon. Member for North East Cambridgeshire of 8 February 2006, Official Report, columns 1294–6W, on casinos, if she will list the local authorities which have made representations in support of the number of regional casinos permitted by the Gambling Act 2005.

Richard Caborn: We have no record that any local authority has made representations in support of the Gambling Act 2005 permitting one regional casino.

Military Support (United States)

Gerald Howarth: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence 
	(1)  what assessment his Department has made of the likely implications for the UK of the 2006 Quadrennial Defense Review by the US Department of Defense;
	(2)  what assessment he has made of the effect of the provisions in the Department of Defense's 2006 Quadrennial Defense Review to overhaul "export control activities" and "providing advanced military technologies to foreign allies and partners" on technology transfer from the US to the UK; and what consultations he has had with his US counterparts on the matter.

John Reid: We welcome the United States early consultation and engagement with the United Kingdom during the Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR) process. We are particularly pleased with the emphasis the QDR gives to working with allies and partners to resolve international security issues and the recognition that Defence is only one part of a range of responses. Given this increased emphasis on continuing to work closely and effectively with allies, the overall impact on UK Defence Policy as set out in the Defence White Paper (Cm6041-I) is limited.
	We also welcome the emphasis that the QDR places on the need to overhaul US export control regulations and the focus on technology sharing. Discussions with Department of Defense Officials and other representatives of the US Government are ongoing with the principal aim of achieving enhanced interoperability of UK and US armed forces.

Type 45 Destroyer

Gerald Howarth: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the forecast cost of the Type 45 Destroyer programme was as at 31 March of financial years 2000–01 to 2004–05, broken down by (a) indirect resource departmental expenditure limit (DEL), (b) direct resource DEL and (c) capital DEL.

Adam Ingram: The forecast cost of the Type 45 Destroyer programme as at the end of financial years 2002 to 2005, are as reported in the respective Major Projects Report (MPR) 2002, 2003, 2004, and 2005. The breakdown into indirect resource expenditure (I-RDEL), direct resource expenditure (R-DEL) and capital expenditure (CDEL) is as follows:
	
		
			 £ million 
			 Major project report R-DEL I-RDEL CDEL Total 
		
		
			 2002 234 — 5,045 5,279 
			 2003 23 876 4,647 5,546 
			 2004 46 646 5,136 5,828 
			 2005 42 820 5,034 5,896 
		
	
	For the financial year ending 31 March 2001, only the total forecast cost of £5,250 million is available. MPR2002 was the first National Audit Office report of forecast Type 45 expenditure post main gate approval. At MPR 2002, the RDEL was overstated and I-RDEL was omitted. Both of these errors were corrected in MPR2003. From MPR2004 onwards, the I-RDEL figure was adjusted in agreement with the National Audit Office to take into account the Treasury change to the rate of interest on capital from 6 per cent. to 3.5 per cent.

Snares

David Drew: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment she has made of the use of illegal snares; and if she will make a statement on the recent incident at Cramlington, Northumberland.

Jim Knight: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given on 24 January 2006, Official Report, column 1960W, on the assessment of the use of illegal snares.
	Regarding the Cramlington incident, the Government condemn the illegal and/or misuse of snares. However, we do not comment on individual cases. It is for the police to consider if any offence has taken place and to decide if any prosecution should follow.

Dentistry

Andrew Lansley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health 
	(1)  what the net NHS funding contribution for (a) general dentist services and (b) personal dentist service dentistry has been in each year since 1997–98;
	(2)  what total (a) gross and (b) net expenditure on (i) personal and (ii) general dental services has been in each year since 1997–98 expressed in (A) real and (B) nominal terms.

Rosie Winterton: The tables show gross and net expenditure on general dental services (GDS) and gross expenditure on personal dental services (PDS) pilots. Expenditure on GDS since 1998–99 has been affected by the progressive movement of services into PDS pilots. Charge income from PDS pilots is not separately identified in national health service accounts up to 2004–05, so it is not possible to provide data for net PDS expenditure based on NHS accounts. Based on estimates obtained from Dental Practice Board payments data, we estimate that PDS expenditure in 2004–05 net of patient charge income was around £240 million.
	
		Expenditure on the general dental service, England £ million
		
			  Gross GDS(7) Gross GDS at 2004–05 prices(8) Net GDS(7)(8) Net GDS at 2004–05 prices(8) 
		
		
			 1997–98 1,348 1,583 959 1,127 
			 1998–99 1,438 1,646 1,018 1,166 
			 1999–2000 1,477 1,659 1,046 1,175 
			 2000–01 1,561 1,730 1,109 1,230 
			 2001–02 1,638 1,772 1,166 1,262 
			 2002–03 1,709 1,791 1,222 1,281 
			 2003–04 1,767 1,804 1,283 1,311 
			 2004–05 1,671 1,671 1,246 1,246 
		
	
	(7) Expenditure data for 1997–98 to 1999–2000 is based on cash data in appropriation accounts. Data from 2000–01 onwards is based on the relevant resource accounts data from health authorities (HAs) and primary care trusts (PCTs). This is to reflect the change in Department of Health Accountancy practices.
	(8) Revalued to 2004–05 prices using the gross domestic product (GDP) deflator index (December 2005).
	(9) Net expenditure represents the cost of the service after taking account of dental charge income collected from patients.
	
		Gross expenditure on personal dental service pilots, England £ million
		
			  Gross PDS(10)(11) Gross PDS at 2004–05 prices(13) 
		
		
			 1997–98 0 0 
			 1998–99 4 5 
			 1999–2000 13 14 
			 2000–01 22 24 
			 2001–02 36 39 
			 2002–03 41 43 
			 2003–04 48 49 
			 2004–05 280 280 
		
	
	(10) Expenditure data is based on the relevant resource accounts data from HAs and PCTs.
	(11) NHS accounts data up to 2004–05 does not separately identify all elements of PDS gross expenditure. See note 3 for 2004–05 data.
	(12) An estimate of gross PDS expenditure based on payments data obtained from Dental Practice Board.
	(13) Revalued to 2004–05 prices using the GDP deflator index (December 2005).

Correspondence

John Spellar: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when the Immigration and Nationality Directorate will reply to the letter from the right hon. Member for Warley of 1 November 2005 on behalf of Mrs Sherif, Montague Road, Smethwick.

Tony McNulty: The Immigration and Nationality Directorate wrote to the right hon. Member for Birmingham, Warley on 23 February 2006.

Police

Lynne Featherstone: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many police officers there are in each division of each police force in England and Wales; and what is the population of the areas covered by each division.

Hazel Blears: The available information is shown in the following table. Figures are for Basic Command Units which broadly equate to police force divisions. Population data is based on mid-2003 estimates supplied by the Office of National Statistics.
	
		Police officer strength and population figures by Basic Command Unit, 31 March 2005
		
			 Police force BCU Police officers  (full-time equivalent(15)) Population figures(16) 
		
		
			 Avon and Somerset Bath and North East Somerset 221.4 170.9 
			  Bristol 935.7 391.5 
			  Central Services 1,157.9 — 
			  North Somerset 233.6 191.4 
			  Somerset East 274.2 258.9 
			  Somerset West 304.2 248.5 
			  South Gloucester 271.4 246.8 
			 Total  3,398 1,508.2 
			 Bedfordshire Bedford 277.6 187.1 
			  Dunstable 252.4 199.9 
			  Luton 343.0 185.2 
			  Central Services 358.7 — 
			 Total  1,232 572.2 
			 Cambridgeshire Central 312.2 236.9 
			  Northern 307.7 173.9 
			  Southern 365.5 319.0 
			  Central Services 432.6 — 
			 Total  1,418 729.8 
			 Cheshire Chester and Ellesmere Port 338.1 200.1 
			  Congleton and Vale Royal 302.3 215.5 
			  Crewe 191.8 112.7 
			  Halton 252.8 118.4 
			  Macclesfield 249.9 150.3 
			  Warrington 332.8 193.2 
			  Central Services 539.7 — 
			 Total  2,207 990.3 
			 Cleveland Hartlepool 189.8 90.2 
			  Langbaurgh (Redcar and Cleveland) 242.7 139.1 
			  Middlesbrough 317.5 139.0 
			  Stockton 280.2 186.3 
			  Central Services 658.5 — 
			 Total  1,689 554.5 
			 Cumbria Barrow and Kendal 377.6 173.0 
			  Carlisle and Penrith 346.0 152.9 
			  Workington and Whitehaven 375.4 163.9 
			  Central Services 161.3 — 
			 Total  1,260 489.8 
			 Derbyshire Alfreton (A Division) 318.4 227.9 
			  Buxton (B Division) 265.5 159.8 
			  Chesterfield (C Division) 347.5 269.9 
			  Derby (D Division) 508.9 318.6 
			  Central Services 641.9 — 
			 Total  2,082 976.2 
			 Devon and Cornwall Cornwall and Isles of Scilly (after April) 784.0 513.5 
			  North and East Devon (after April) 689.4 461.0 
			  Plymouth 582.6 241.5 
			  South and West Devon (after April) 612.7 385.2 
			  Central Services 730.1 — 
			 Total  3,399 1,601.2 
			 Dorset Bournemouth 316.6 168.3 
			  Dorset Eastern 220.7 209.3 
			  Dorset Western 205.8 171.2 
			  Poole 186.9 150.6 
			  Central Services 545.0 — 
			 Total  1,475 699.4 
			 Durham North Durham 607.4 320.9 
			  South Durham 554.5 271.4 
			  Central Services 576.1 — 
			 Total  1,738 592.4 
			 Dyfed Powys Carmarthenshire 348.4 176.0 
			  Ceredigion 153.4 77.2 
			  Pembrokeshire 239.1 116.3 
			  Powys 273.5 129.3 
			  Central Services 168.1 — 
			 Total  1,183 498.7 
			 Essex Basildon 272.5 172.4 
			  Braintree 232.2 204.9 
			  Chelmsford 219.7 212.5 
			  Colchester 199.7 158.9 
			  Harlow 366.6 268.5 
			  Rayleigh 163.1 165.9 
			  Southend 287.5 160.3 
			  Tendring 181.4 140.9 
			  Thurrock 254.9 145.3 
			  Stansted airport(17) 85.4 — 
			  Central Services 967.3 — 
			 Total  3,230 1,629.6 
			 Gloucestershire Cheltenham and Tewkesbury 306.6 185.1 
			  Cotswold and Stroud 252.6 184.7 
			  Forest and Gloucester 357.4 198.7 
			  Central Services 391.4 — 
			 Total  1,308 568.5 
			 Greater Manchester Bolton 549.2 263.8 
			  Bury 330.5 181.9 
			  North Manchester 736.2 128.9 
			  Oldham 457.2 218.1 
			  Rochdale 448.4 206.6 
			  Salford 591.1 216.5 
			  South Manchester 951.2 303.6 
			  Stockport 492.9 282.5 
			  Tameside 432.1 213.4 
			  Trafford 431.2 211.8 
			  Wigan 484.6 303.8 
			  Central Services 2,214.1 — 
			 Total  8,119 2,531.0 
			 Gwent Caerphilly and Blaenau Gwent 465.3 239.2 
			  Newport 302.8 139.3 
			  Pontypool (formerly Torfaen and Monmouthshire) 299.2 176.8 
			  Central Services 370.8 — 
			 Total  1,438 555.3 
			 Hampshire Basingstoke and Deane 206.2 154.4 
			  Central Hampshire 216.0 165.1 
			  Solent East 274.6 214.7 
			  Havant 223.5 142.7 
			  Isle of Wight 193.9 136.3 
			  New Forest 216.7 171.2 
			  North East Hampshire 216.7 175.7 
			  Portsmouth 404.3 188.7 
			  Southampton 482.7 221.1 
			  West Hants 271.3 227.2 
			  Central Services 1,097.7 — 
			 Total  3,803 1,797.1 
			 Hertfordshire Hertfordshire Central 564.9 323.2 
			  Hertfordshire Eastern 635.8 416.4 
			  Hertfordshire Western 547.4 301.3 
			  Central Services 396.7 — 
			 Total  2,145 1,040.9 
			 Humberside East Riding of Yorkshire 449.7 321.3 
			  Kingston upon Hull 699.2 247.9 
			  North East Lincolnshire 342.5 157.4 
			  North Lincolnshire 287.9 155.0 
			  Central Services 472.7 — 
			 Total  2,252 881.7 
			 Kent Canterbury 229.6 139.5 
			  Maidstone 285.6 188.3 
			  Medway 384.9 257.8 
			  North Kent 387.5 228.8 
			  South-East Kent 361.5 186.0 
			  Swale 229.3 125.3 
			  Thanet 230.3 127.7 
			  Weald 229.0 145.6 
			  West Kent 264.6 200.9 
			  Central Services 1,028.2 — 
			 Total  3,630 1,599.9 
			 Lancashire Lancashire Central 387.4 130.5 
			  Lancashire Eastern 614.3 277.4 
			  Lancashire Northern 436.9 244.1 
			  Lancashire Southern 497.9 316.1 
			  Lancashire Western 556.5 217.5 
			  Pennine 582.2 243.8 
			  Central Services 510.4 — 
			 Total  3,586 1,429.2 
			 Leicestershire Central Leicestershire 465.9 130.1 
			  East Leicestershire 419.0 300.1 
			  North Leicestershire 367.2 242.9 
			  West Leicestershire 445.8 265.8 
			  Central Services 612.3 — 
			 Total  2,311 938.8 
			 Lincolnshire East Lincolnshire 283.1 191.5 
			  South Lincolnshire 284.0 250.9 
			  West Lincolnshire 344.5 222.9 
			  Central Services 322.3 — 
			 Total  1,234 665.3 
			 London, City of Bishopsgate 209.7 1.8 
			  Snowhill 228.8 6.2 
			  Central Services 442.0 — 
			 Total  881 8.0 
			 Merseyside Knowsley 317.4 150.2 
			  North Liverpool 806.0 250.9 
			  Sefton 478.5 281.6 
			  South Liverpool 471.4 191.0 
			  St. Helens 354.9 176.7 
			  Wirral 578.1 313.8 
			  Central Services 1,332.1 — 
			 Total  4,339 1,364.2 
			 Metropolitan Police Barking and Dagenham 419.1 165.9 
			  Barnet 561.0 324.4 
			  Bexley 382.7 219.1 
			  Brent 679.4 267.8 
			  Bromley 489.2 298.3 
			  Camden 850.4 210.7 
			  City of Westminster 1,617.1 222.0 
			  Croydon 692.0 336.7 
			  Ealing 686.2 305.0 
			  Enfield 574.7 280.3 
			  Greenwich 605.2 223.7 
			  Hackney 788.5 208.4 
			  Hammersmith and Fulham 526.1 174.2 
			  Haringey 683.2 224.7 
			  Harrow 342.2 210.7 
			  Havering 383.4 224.6 
			  Heathrow(17) 437.5 — 
			  Hillingdon 497.8 247.6 
			  Hounslow 509.7 212.9 
			  Islington 683.4 180.1 
			  Kensington and Chelsea 561.6 174.4 
			  Kingston upon Thames 298.2 150.4 
			  Lambeth 984.5 268.5 
			  Lewisham 645.9 248.3 
			  Merton 351.7 191.4 
			  Newham 781.9 250.6 
			  Redbridge 458.7 245.1 
			  Richmond upon Thames 286.8 179.2 
			  Southwark 891.4 253.8 
			  Sutton 291.0 178.5 
			  Tower Hamlets 761.0 206.6 
			  Waltham Forest 545.8 221.6 
			  Wandsworth 582.3 274.1 
			  Central Services 11,223.9 — 
			 Total  31,073 7,379.8 
			 Norfolk Norfolk Central 447.3 308.3 
			  Norfolk Eastern 377.1 240.1 
			  Norfolk Western 364.9 262.4 
			  Central Services 364.9 — 
			 Total  1,554 810.7 
			 Northamptonshire Northampton 368.3 195.2 
			  Northamptonshire Eastern 200.0 152.7 
			  Northamptonshire Northern 226.8 137.3 
			  Northamptonshire Western 176.3 157.4 
			  Central Services 317.4 — 
			 Total  1,289 642.7 
			 Northumbria Gateshead 460.3 191.0 
			  Newcastle 815.8 273.6 
			  North Tyneside 389.9 183.8 
			  Northumberland 644.8 309.2 
			  South Tyneside 345.9 151.7 
			  Sunderland 680.8 283.1 
			  Central Services 751.1 — 
			 Total  4,088 1,392.4 
			 North Wales(18) North Wales Central 0 205.8 
			  North Wales Eastern 0 279.2 
			  North Wales Western 0 185.9 
			  Central Services 0 — 
			 Total  1,676 670.8 
			 North Yorkshire North Yorkshire Central 410.1 259.9 
			  North Yorkshire Eastern 399.4 242.8 
			  North Yorkshire Western 403.6 256.5 
			  Central Services 347.4 — 
			 Total  1,560 759.2 
			 Nottinghamshire Nottinghamshire Area A 319.1 211.2 
			  Nottinghamshire Area B 303.3 218.0 
			  Nottinghamshire Area C 852.8 273.9 
			  Nottinghamshire Area D 367.0 326.2 
			  Central Services 679.6 — 
			 Total  2,522 1,029.3 
			 South Wales Bridgend 247.4 129.9 
			  Cardiff 685.9 315.1 
			  Merthyr Tydfil 135.8 55.4 
			  Neath and Port Talbot 238.4 135.3 
			  Rhondda Cynon Taff 377.6 231.6 
			  Swansea 454.5 224.6 
			  Vale of Glamorgan 219.7 121.2 
			  Central Services 957.1 — 
			 Total  3,316 1,213.2 
			 South Yorkshire Barnsley 380.4 220.2 
			  Doncaster 525.8 288.4 
			  Rotherham 395.2 251.5 
			  Sheffield Central 426.1 113.2 
			  Sheffield North 324.7 206.9 
			  Sheffield South 305.0 192.4 
			  Central Services 949.6 — 
			 Total  3,307 1,272.6 
			 Staffordshire Chase 415.8 320.2 
			  North Staffordshire 299.3 217.1 
			  Stoke on Trent 584.6 238.0 
			  Trent Valley 429.1 273.6 
			  Central Services 580.3 — 
			 Total  2,309 1,049.0 
			 Suffolk Suffolk Eastern 334.6 230.6 
			  Suffolk Southern 319.4 201.8 
			  Suffolk Western 342.1 245.7 
			  Central Services 326.9 — 
			 Total  1,323 678.1 
			 Surrey East Surrey 354.2 286.2 
			  North Surrey 359.0 282.6 
			  North-West Surrey 330.0 248.7 
			  West Surrey 337.6 247.1 
			  Central Services 578.0 — 
			 Total  1,959 1,064.6 
			 Sussex Brighton and Hove 486.0 251.5 
			  East Downs 380.0 323.1 
			  Gatwick(17) 165.5 — 
			  North Downs 378.9 350.7 
			  Senlac 302.4 172.2 
			  West Downs 518.9 407.9 
			  Central Services 862.4 — 
			 Total  3,094 1,505.4 
			 Thames Valley Aylesbury Vale 207.8 166.6 
			  Chiltern Vale 355.9 275.3 
			  Milton Keynes 377.6 215.7 
			  Northern Oxfordshire 281.2 229.1 
			  Oxford 328.4 142.4 
			  Reading and Wokingham 454.2 288.0 
			  Slough and District 298.8 159.9 
			  Southern Oxfordshire 281.6 243.8 
			  Thames Forest 360.5 247.6 
			  West Berkshire 177.3 144.2 
			  Central Services 1,066.2 — 
			 Total  4,189 2,112.5 
			 Warwickshire Northern 381.6 271.4 
			  Southern 305.4 248.0 
			  Central Services 324.6 — 
			 Total  1,012 519.3 
			 West Mercia Hereford (E Division) 276.6 176.9 
			  North Worcestershire (D Division) 470.2 267.0 
			  Shropshire (F Division) 393.3 286.7 
			  South Worcestershire (C Division) 414.2 282.3 
			  Telford and the Wrekin (G Division) 332.6 160.3 
			  Central Services 492.8 — 
			 Total  2,380 1,173.2 
			 West Midlands Solihull 401.0 200.3 
			  West Midlands D1 378.2 98.9 
			  West Midlands D2 359.9 171.9 
			  West Midlands D3 403.1 150.9 
			  West Midlands E1 343.1 141.3 
			  West Midlands E2 317.9 136.7 
			  West Midlands E3 296.5 102.0 
			  West Midlands F1 388.8 15.4 
			  West Midlands F2 304.5 81.1 
			  West Midlands F3 318.1 93.9 
			  West Midlands G1 336.5 113.2 
			  West Midlands G2 327.9 125.7 
			  West Midlands H1 315.4 113.2 
			  West Midlands H2 356.5 139.3 
			  West Midlands J1 283.6 128.6 
			  West Midlands J2 288.1 176.2 
			  West Midlands K1 359.3 147.4 
			  West Midlands K2 368.1 137.7 
			  West Midlands M1 322.1 89.3 
			  West Midlands M2 264.6 116.1 
			  West Midlands M3 280.0 99.6 
			  Central Services 1,140.9 — 
			 Total  8,154 2,578.5 
			 West Yorkshire Bradford North 361.3 175.8 
			  Bradford South 428.8 122.0 
			  Calderdale 383.8 193.2 
			  Chapel Town AC 314.2 145.0 
			  City and Holbeck CA 506.6 150.8 
			  Dewsbury 290.8 174.1 
			  Huddersfield 402.3 217.6 
			  Keighley 287.0 180.0 
			  Killingbeck BB 289.6 133.6 
			  Pudsey and Westwood AA 537.9 285.6 
			  Wakefield 629.5 318.3 
			  Central Services 1,239.5 — 
			 Total  5,671 2,095.9 
			 Wiltshire Chippenham (C) 324.1 249.3 
			  Salisbury (A) 292.6 191.5 
			  Swindon 355.1 181.2 
			  Central Services 255.4 — 
			 Total  1,228 622.0 
		
	
	(15) FTE strength includes police officers who are on career breaks or maternity/paternity leave. FTE figures have been rounded to the nearest whole.
	number. Because of rounding, there may be an apparent discrepancy between totals and the sum of constituent items.
	(16) Based on the mid-year 2003 population figures provided by ONS.
	(17) Airport BCUs do not have a population attributed to them.
	(18) North Wales have yet to provide the correct BCU breakdown

Efficiency Gains

Theresa Villiers: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what baseline figures he is using for assessing progress on his Department's targets to reduce (a) the total number of civil service posts by 128 in the core department and (b) the number of public sector posts by 1,446; what progress has been made towards these targets to date; and what the total efficiency savings achieved to date are for these targets.

Peter Hain: The information required is as follows:
	
		
			  (a) Civil servants (b) Public servants 
		
		
			 Baselines at April 2004 5,336 16,873 
			 Staff in post December 2005 5,035 16,295 
			 Difference -301 -578 
		
	
	It should be noted that there is no direct correlation between efficiency savings and headcount reductions, for example, a project that comes to an end might result in headcount reductions but this cannot necessarily be claimed as efficiency. The efficiency savings identified in the NIO that arise from gross headcount reductions are as follows:
	
		
			   £ million 
			  Forecast by March 2008 Savings to December 2005 
		
		
			 Civil servants 6.2 4.1 
			 Public servants 39.8 15.9

Parades

David Simpson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much public money has been made available to support (a) Twelfth of July demonstrations, (b) Royal Black Perceptory demonstrations, (c) Apprentice Boys of Derry parades and (d) the Sham Fight in Scarva in each of the last 10 years.

David Hanson: A total of £36,705 has been made available since 2004 to support the Twelfth of July demonstrations. No funding has been made to support Royal Black Perceptory demonstrations, Apprentice Boys of Derry parades, or the Sham Fight in Scarva. Details of funding by financial year are illustrated in the following table.
	
		
			£ 
			   2004–05 2005–06 
		
		
			 (a) Twelfth of July 2,000 34,705 
			 (b) Royal Black Perceptory — — 
			 (c) Apprentice Boys of Derry — — 
			 (d) Sham Fight in Scarva — —

Fair Trade

Andrew George: To ask the Prime Minister 
	(1)  what his policy is on the procurement of Fair Trade produce for consumption by visitors to his Office;
	(2)  how much of his Office's catering budget was allocated for produce to be consumed by guests in the last period for which records are available; and what proportion of that allocation was spent on procuring Fair Trade produce.

Tony Blair: For these purpose my Office forms part of the Cabinet Office, I refer the hon. Member to the answer given by the then Minister from the Cabinet Office (Mr. Alexander) to the hon. Member for Buckingham (John Bercow) on 11 December 2003, Official Report, column 574W.

Carbon Emissions

Gregory Barker: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what his Department's estimate is of the size of (a) solar photovoltaic, (b) solar hot water and (c) micro wind system needed to deliver a 10 per cent. carbon emissions reduction in a typical three bedroomed house built to 2006 Part L Building Regulations.

Malcolm Wicks: The information is as follows:
	(a) A 3-bed semi developed to 2006 Part L regulations will use anywhere from 3,000–4,000kWh/electricity p.a. i.e. this is not dissimilar to the average across the whole stock. For the example below, we have assumed 3,000kWh electrical use. Since PV produces Electricity it can only displace the CO 2 from the electrical use in the building. 3,000kWh of electricity equates to 1,290kg/CO 2 p.a. (assuming 0.43kg CO 2 /kWh). A typical dwelling built to 2002 part L standards would have annual emissions of around 3040kg CO 2 (830kg Carbon). Assuming a 25 per cent. improvement on 2002 standards under 2006 part L standards, the annual emissions would be around 2,600kg CO 2 (710kg Carbon). Assuming a quality PV system delivers—800kWh/kWp/yr, the size required to meet a 10 per cent. carbon emission reduction would be around 0.75kWp, which would cost between £4,500 to £6,500 to install (assuming installed costs of £6,000 to £8,500/kWp depending on type of PV specified).
	0.75 x 800 = 600kWh/yr
	600kWh x 0.43 = 258kg CO 2
	10 per cent. x 2,600kg CO 2 = 260kg CO 2
	(b) A typical solar hot water heating system is designed to give up to 70 per cent. of water over the year ad for technical reasons it is not practical to go beyond this. 70 per cent. of the typical domestic requirement would not b sufficient to meet 10 per cent. carbon reduction of the building as a whole. This limit would equate to approximately 7 per cent. of the total carbon emissions of the building.
	(c) Of the micro wind systems designed to be mounted on a house it is not possible to give an estimate at this early stage of technology development.

WEE Directive

Gregory Barker: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what plans he has to implement the Waste Electrical and Electronic Directive within the recycling industry; and whether these plans will be affected by his Department's review on progress of the implementation of the Directive.

Malcolm Wicks: The Government are required to implement the Waste Electrical and Electronic Directive and fully intends to do so. The Review will aid implementation by identifying the best way to proceed.

WEE Directive

Gregory Barker: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what plans he has to publish the review of the implementation of the Waste Electrical and Electronics Directive; and if he will make a statement.

Malcolm Wicks: The Review is focusing on setting out revised proposals for ensuring a fair and balanced implementation of the WEEE Directive. Once the Review has concluded and a way forward has been identified, my department will produce a formal consultation paper as quickly as possible, along with draft regulations, guidance, and a revised timetable for implementation.

WEE Directive

Gregory Barker: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what representations he has received regarding the implementation of the Waste Electrical and Electronics Directive; and if he will make a statement.

Malcolm Wicks: I refer the hon. Member to the reply I gave on 9 February 2006, Official Report, columns 1373–74W.

East Coast Main Line

Diana Johnson: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will make a statement on track access to the East Coat Main Line between London and Hull.

Derek Twigg: Network Rail is currently researching a Route Utilisation Strategy (RUS) for the East Coast Main Line (ECML). The RUS will investigate the medium to long term optimal allocation of capacity on the ECML. The consultation document for the RUS is due to be published later this year.
	The Office of Rail Regulation (ORR) has announced a provisional decision to grant additional access to the East Coast Main Line to Hull Trains. The ORR is holding a hearing on 6 March 2006 to listen to representations concerning this decision.

Road Maintenance

Chris Grayling: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the average change to local funding for road maintenance was for the additional cost of maintaining detrunked roads in each of the past eight years.

Stephen Ladyman: The detrunking programme announced in "A New Deal for Transport in England" (1998) (Cm 3950) started in 2001–02. In recognition of the extra costs that would be incurred by local highway authorities taking over responsibility for detrunked routes, the Government gave a commitment to ensuring that detrunking would be accompanied by a fair transfer of resources. It was agreed with the Local Government Association (LGA) that the most effective way of ensuring that authorities were provided with resources for the routine maintenance of detrunked routes would be by means of an annual special grant. This was intended to be a transitional distribution method, and it remains the Government's policy that detrunked roads will, in due course, be incorporated into the Revenue Support Grant system. Capital support has been through the issue of SCAs (Supplementary Credit Approvals) to 2003–04 and from 2004–05 SCERs (Supported Capital Expenditure (Revenue)).
	The following resource and capital funding has been made available to local highway authorities:
	
		
			 £ million 
			  Revenue (maintenance of roads grant determination) Capital 
			 Financial year Previous detrunking New detrunking Total SCA/SCE(R)s 
		
		
			 2001–02 — 4.074 4.074 4.230 
			 2002–03 5.469 10.647 16.116 10.772 
			 2003–04 19.179 7.190 26.368 28.472 
			 2004–05 28.206 4.927 33.133 31.552 
			 2005–06 35.367 1.181 36.548 45.016 
		
	
	Note:
	New detrunking refers to the roads detrunked that year which receive a proportion of the grant set out in the Maintenance of Roads Grant Determination depending on the actual date of detrunking.

Children's Trusts

Stewart Jackson: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the take-up of children's trust funds is in the Peterborough constituency; and how many of these are low-income families and what proportion of the total take-up this represents.

Ivan Lewis: Child trust fund information at constituency level would be available only at disproportionate cost. UK-wide information on the number of child trust fund vouchers issued and the number of accounts opened are published on the HMRC website at http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/stats/child_trust_funds/child-trust-funds.htm
	Information about accounts opened by low-income families, once available, will be published alongside other annual CTF statistics. The first set of annual CTF statistics will be published later this year.

Personal Allowances

Andrew Turner: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the cost to public funds, assuming no changes in behaviour, (a) including and (b) excluding changes to tax credits and benefits of increasing personal allowances in increments of £1,000 to twice their current level.

Dawn Primarolo: holding answer 16 February 2006
	The following table provides the total costs of increasing personal allowances in increments of £1,000.
	
		Cost of changing personal allowances in 2005–06
		
			 Personal allowance  Cost 
			 Age under 65 (£) Age 65 to 74 (£) Age 75 and over (£) Blind person's allowance (£) Excluding benefits adjustments(27) (£ million) Including benefits adjustments(27)(28) (£ million) 
		
		
			 (29)4,895 (29)7,090 (29)7,220 (29)1,610 — — 
			 5,895 8,090 8,220 2,610 6,370 6,240 
			 6,895 9,090 9,220 3,610 12,370 12,150 
			 7,895 10,090 10,220 4,610 18,030 17,760 
			 8,895 11,090 11,220 5,610 23,500 23,180 
			 9,895 12,090 12,220 6,610 28,410 28,060 
		
	
	(27) These are the total costs (not incremental costs) of changing the personal allowances to those indicated in the table.
	(28) Increasing the personal allowance increases net incomes, after income tax. In some cases, this may have the impact of reducing entitlement to other benefits (for instance housing benefit), and hence reducing the cost of the option.
	(29) Current.
	These estimates assume that the threshold for national insurance contributions remains unchanged.
	Entitlement to some tax credits is based on gross income, and therefore would be unaffected by these changes. Estimates of the cost of changing the personal allowances excluding benefits adjustments are based on the 2003–04 Survey of Personal Incomes projected forward to 2005–06. The estimates were adjusted for benefits changes using the Department's tax and benefit model (IGOTM) based on the 2003–04 Family Resource Survey and projected forward to 2005–06.
	The figures exclude any estimate of behavioural response, which could be significant given the scale of some of the changes.

Recycling

Keith Vaz: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the worth of the recycling industry in the UK to the UK economy in each of the past five years.

John Healey: The Treasury has made no estimate of the worth of the recycling industry in the UK. However, an estimate can be derived from the Annual Business Inquiry survey published by Office for National Statistics. Based on this survey, turnover and gross value added for businesses involved in the recycling industry are shown in the following table:
	
		
			   £ million 
			  Turnover Gross value added 
		
		
			 2000 3,111 816 
			 2001 3,522 984 
			 2002 3,847 1,037 
			 2003 4,156 1,095 
			 2004 5,262 1,484

Benefits

David Ruffley: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the claimant on-flow rates to (a) incapacity benefit and (b) severe disablement allowance were in each of the last 15 years.

Anne McGuire: Incapacity benefit was introduced in April 1995. The first full year for which figures are available is 1996. The available information is in the following table.
	
		Incapacity benefit (IB) and severe disablement allowance (SDA) on-flows; Great Britain
		
			  IB/SDA IB SDA 
		
		
			 1996 1,001,500 957,700 43,800 
			 1997 981,500 937,100 44,400 
			 1998 850,300 824,600 25,700 
			 1999 816,100 793,200 22,900 
			 2000 792,800 768,800 24,000 
			 2001(34) 763,800 751,800 12,000 
			 2002 727,400 724,600 2,800 
			 2003 709,100 706,600 2,500 
			 2004 675,000 672,900 2,100 
			 2005 (part)(35)(36) 441,600 440,100 1,500 
		
	
	(34) New commencements to SDA ceased in April 2001. Some commencements still appear after this date due to the case being re-built. This occurs when the case is removed from the system for amendment and then subsequently replaced with a new date of commencement.
	(35) Figures for 2005 only include the three available quarters; February, May and August and are not comparable with previous years.
	(36) Figures for the latest year do not include some late notifications and are subject to major changes in future quarters. For illustration purposes, total commencements for May 2004 increased by 18 per cent. in the year following their initial release.
	Notes:
	1. Numbers are rounded to the nearest 100.
	2. Numbers are based on a 5 per cent. sample, and are therefore subject to a degree of sampling variation.
	3. Annuals figures have been created by adding quarterly data for February, May, August and November.
	4. Incapacity benefit (IB) figures include IB credits-only cases.
	Source:
	DWP Information Directorate, 5 per cent. sample data.

Incapacity Benefit

David Ruffley: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many face-to-face medical examinations have been conducted in each of the last three years in relation to claimants who have been in receipt of incapacity benefit for (a) 0 to six months, (b) six to12 months, (c) 12 to 24 months, (d) 24 to 36 months, (e) 36 to 48 months, (f) 48 to 56 months and (g) over 56 months; and how many resulted in the termination of a claim.

Anne McGuire: The information is not available in the form requested. Details of the number of claims which were terminated following application of the Own Occupation Test or the Personal Capability Assessment, by duration of their incapacity benefit or severe disablement allowance claim, are set out in the following table.
	
		Incapacity benefit (IB)/severe disablement allowance (SDA) claims terminating following the application of the own occupation test (OOT) or the personal capability assessment (PCA) Thousand
		
			   Months 
			  Total Up to six Six to 12 12 to 24 24 to 36 36 to 48 48 to 56 Over 56 
		
		
			 1 September 2002 to 31 August 2003 102.6 25.3 31.2 17.1 10.3 5.8 2.8 10.1 
			 1 September 2003 to 31 August 2004 102.0 22.9 35.5 14.3 10.2 6.4 2.8 9.8 
			 1 September 2004 to 31 August 2005 110.7 22.0 37.1 16.2 12.0 7.0 3.5 12.9 
		
	
	Notes:
	1. Figures are shown in thousands and rounded to the nearest 100. Totals may not sum due to rounding.
	2. "Claimant" figures include all incapacity benefit and severe disablement allowance (including incapacity benefit credits only cases).
	3. Information is collected quarterly. The figures for the latest quarter do not include any late notifications and are subject to major changes in future quarters.
	4. Information on face-to-face medical examinations is not available from our 5 per cent. samples.
	Source:
	Information Directorate, 5 per cent. samples.